Online courses equipment and technology

Online Equipment and Technology Requirements

Equipment and Technology Requirements

Individual courses may have additional software requirements. This may include video or audio playing software or a specific software application. You will find more information about this in specific course syllabi


硬件

Think about which devices will be best for different activities.

  • 平板电脑:  These are good reading assigned articles or chapters, 阅读讨论区, 收听音频文件, 或者看视频.
  • Laptop and Desktop Computers: These are good for nearly all the activities in an online course.
  • Smart Phones and similar mobile devices: These are great you if are just checking on the course discussion board postings, reading notices from your instructor, or writing short messages for classmates. It can help you keep up with the course while on the go.

软件

  • Most courses require word processing software. You can download Microsoft Office 365 from the 其网站上.

操作系统

 

PC平台:

  • 操作系统:Windows 8.1 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • 处理器:1.4GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or faster processor (or equivalent) for Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1
  • RAM: 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended) for Windows 7 or Windows 8
  • Free Hard Disk Space: 200 MB required
  • Audio: 16 bit Sound Card and USB Headphones with microphone required
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, OR ATI Radeon 9500 or better, OR Intel 945 chipset
  • Webcam: Built-in to laptops or external
  • *软件: Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11; Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge; Windows 媒体 Player 12 or better (free version available), 阅读器、Adobe®Flash®Player 11.2+

Macintosh平台:

  • Operating System: Mac OS X 10.7.4, 10.8, 10.9
  • 处理器:1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor
  • RAM: 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
  • Free Hard Disk Space: 200 MB
  • Audio: USB Headphones with microphone required
  • Video: ATI Radeon 9200 and above, 或ATI Radeon X系列, 或者NVIDIA GeForce 2, GeForce 4, OR NVIDIA GeForce 5000 Series and above
  • Webcam: Built-in to laptops or external
  • *软件: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Windows 媒体 Player Components for QuickTime (free version available), 阅读器, Adobe Flash Player 11.2+
graduate students studying on laptop

研究生在线学习

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